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CELL METABOLISM
Volume 2, Issue 3, Pages 191-199Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2005.08.003
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK070332] Funding Source: Medline
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Intracerebroventricular administration of gut peptide PYY3-36 stimulates food intake. In contrast, peripheral administration inhibits food intake, suggesting that the peptide has the opposite effect by virtue of accessing a unique subset of brain sites. A previous study suggested that peripheral PYY3-36 activates anorexigenic POMC neurons in the arcuate nucleus, and this was proposed to be the mechanism underlying the peptide's anorexigenic activity. Here, we demonstrate in an electrophysiological slice preparation that, in contrast to the original model, PYY3-36 potently and reversibly inhibits POMC neurons via postsynaptic Y-2 receptors. These data show a complex role for Y-2 receptors in regulation of the NPY/POMC circuitry, as they are present as inhibitory receptors on both the orexigenic NPY neurons as well as the anorexigenic POMC neurons. Secondly, these data argue against a direct role of POMC neurons in mediating the anorexigenic response to administration of peripheral PYY3-36.
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